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John Cornyn said Congress may not act on his state&#39;s $61 billion disaster assistance request this month. &quot;We&#39;ve gotten the Heisman of sorts,&quot; he said" data-link="http://cnn.it/2zbK2vV" data-isshorturl="true" data-twitter-account="CNNPolitics" data-image-src="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-super-tease.jpg"></div><div class="sharebar-video-embed-container sharebar-video-embed-element gig-bar-container gig-share-bar-container"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-none gig-button-container-video-embed gig-share-button-container gig-button-container-horizontal"><div class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-none"></div></div></div><input type="text" class="sharebar-video-embed-field" /></div></div><div class="pg-rail-tall__wrapper"><div class="pg-side-of-rail pg-rail-tall__side"><div class="pg-rail-tall__head js-pg-rail-tall__head"><section class="zn zn-large-media zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-one-container" data-eq-pts="xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100" id="large-media" data-vr-zone="zone-0-0" data-zone-label="headerMedia" data-containers="1" id="large-media" data-zn-id="large-media"><div class="l-container"><img class="media__image media__image--responsive" alt="" data-src-mini="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-small-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-medium-plus-169.jpg" data-src-small="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-large-169.jpg" data-src-medium="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-large="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-super-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-full-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-small-11.jpg"  data-demand-load="not-loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7"><div class="img__preloader"></div><noscript><img alt="" class="media__image" src="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170828144418-hurricane-harvey-refinery-large-169.jpg"></noscript></div></section></div><div class="pg-rail-tall__body" itemprop="articleBody"><section class="zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-15-containers" data-eq-pts="xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100" id="body-text" data-vr-zone="zone-1-0" data-zone-label="bodyText" data-containers="15" id="body-text" data-zn-id="body-text"><div class="l-container"><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable"><cite class="el-editorial-source">Washington (CNN)</cite>Texas Sen. John Cornyn said Congress may not act on his state's $61 billion disaster assistance request this month, as he had hoped. </p></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">The second-ranking Senate Republican warned Wednesday that the emergency aid might get caught up in a complicated year-end government funding package that could jeopardize quick approval of the hurricane aid.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">"We've gotten the Heisman of sorts," Cornyn told reporters, referring to the college football trophy in which a player holds his arm out. "We keep being told to wait, wait, wait."</div><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--standard"><div class="el__image--standard js__image--standard"><div><img class="media__image media__image--responsive" alt="The Heisman Trophy sits on a stand before a press confrence at the New York Marriott Marquis on December 13, 2014 in New York City. 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(Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)" class="media__image" src="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150107050148-heisman-trophy-large-169.jpg"></noscript><div class="media__caption el__gallery_image-title"><div class="element-raw appearance-standard">The Heisman Trophy sits on a stand before a press confrence at the New York Marriott Marquis on December 13, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)</div></div><script type="application/ld+json" name="metaScript">{"@context": "http://schema.org","@type": "ImageObject","name": "The Heisman Trophy sits on a stand before a press confrence at the New York Marriott Marquis on December 13, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)","description": "The Heisman Trophy sits on a stand before a press confrence at the New York Marriott Marquis on December 13, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)","url": "//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150107050148-heisman-trophy-large-169.jpg",}</script></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott was on Capitol Hill this week advocating for passage of the money to fund a major rebuilding of his state after it was seriously damaged by Hurricane Harvey. </div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--mobile" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="mobile" data-ad-refresh="default"><div id="ad_rect_atf_02" class="ad-ad_rect_atf_02 ad-refresh-default"></div></div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--tablet" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="tablet" data-ad-refresh="default"></div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--desktop" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="desktop" data-ad-refresh="default"></div></div><ul class="cn cn-list-hierarchical-xs cn--idx-6 cn-zoneAdContainer" data-layout="list-hierarchical-xs"></ul><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Cornyn said he was worried that if talks break down over the year-end funding package and just a short-term spending bill -- known as a continuing resolution or CR -- is passed to fund the government for just a few months, the disaster aid language could fall by the wayside.</div><div class="zn-body__read-more"><div class="read-more-gradient"></div><div class="read-more-button"><div class="read-more-link" id="js-body-read-more">Read More</div></div></div><div class="zn-body__read-all"><div class="zn-body__paragraph">"Now it looks like it will be part of this year-end omnibus, which if there are too many things added to it, will collapse under its own weight and we'll end up with a CR, which means no disaster funding will be added," Cornyn said. </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">A senior Senate Republican aide told CNN that the White House has not yet submitted a disaster aid request but that it was expected by mid-November. </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Cornyn defended the robust size of the aid package for Texas, which does not include money for other areas hit by recent natural disasters. </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">"It's a big state and it was a terrible event," he said. 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